KUME, YASUO \(ed\)Superior Collection of Hand-made Papers in Japan (Japanese Four Volume set later republished as the English three-volume Fine handmade papers of Japan) Yushodo Bookseller, Tokyo 1979 - Tokyo: Yushodo Bookseller, 1979. Fine/near fine. 207 full-page samples of all contemporary papers manufactured in Japan at the time of publication. Each leaf is identified by maker (in Japanese and Roman alphabet). Contents completely fine, folding case near fine (trivial shelwear). A lovely and important set. This is the same set at the export volume titled "Fine Handmade Papers of Japan," except that the samples are bound into four sets in beautiful paper covers. The large, full-page samples make this a real delight to examine. SHELVING NOTE: In rare books case. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong, dressed in his NASA spacesuit, signed and inscribed color photo n.p., October 17, 1979. 8" x 10". "Signed Neil Armstrong color photo, signed as ""Neil Armstrong"". Small paper clip indention to upper right corner.Verso of photo has the official National Aeronautics and Space Administration stamp, and typed description of ""Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was named by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the prime crew commander of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. He was one of nine astronauts selected by NASA in September, 1962"". Verso also contains a note by Ronald Wade ""First Man On the Moon/Received 10-17-79"". 8"" x 10"". From the spectacular, unprecedented collection of Ronald Ellis Wade. Near fineA wonderful inscribed color photo of Neil Armstrong in his Nasa spacesuit holding his helmet with an image of the moon in the background. Signed and inscribed to Ron Wade, who once served as a White House page for President Nixon. Inscribed as ""To Ron Wade/With All Good Wishes/Neil Armstrong"" Below is an interesting interview from TheHill.com, about Ron Wade and his collection of Presidential memorabilia:Step into Ronald Wadeâ€™s office and itâ€™s easy to see why heâ€™s listed in â€œGuinness World Records 2015â€ for the largest collection of U.S. presidential memorabilia â€” itâ€™s really a replica of the Oval Office.â€œActually, they quit counting,â€ Wade says of his immense collection of White House and presidential campaign items, â€œbecause I probably have closer to 20,000 or 30,000 items, if not closer to 100,000 â€” thatâ€™s with duplication.â€ The official count from the folks behind the famed book puts Wadeâ€™s collection in chief at 6,960 pieces as of last year.The lifelong Republican has been racking up â€œpractically anything that has to do with American politicsâ€ since he was 10 years old.â€œMy first memory in life is wearing an â€˜I Like Ikeâ€™ button, and I was probably 4 years old. So Iâ€™ve always been interested in politics,â€ Wade, 64, tells ITK.The retired Texas Department of Human Services supervisor says he counts former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush as friends. His most prized item in the collection is from the 41st commander in chiefâ€™s failed 1964 Senate bid.â€œHe had a group of young ladies that campaigned for him, the Bush Belles,â€ Wade says in his heavy Lone Star State twang, â€œSo I have the only known Bush Belles outfit thatâ€™s around. Even the Bush Library doesnâ€™t have one.â€â€œGeorge W. has been to my house, and seen my collection, and was quite impressed,â€ boasts Wade, who has also donated several pieces from his massive memorabilia stockpile to the George W. Bush Presidential Library outside Dallas.The collector extraordinaire says he â€œpays for his habitâ€ by selling extra collectibles heâ€™s acquired over the years, but he never hawks anything that he â€œloves.â€While much of the public might be disillusioned with warring politicians, Wade â€” who once served as a White House page for then-President Nixon â€” says talk of partisan bickering in Washington is overblown: â€œThe friction between parties has been here as long as America has been here.â€"

Michael Mottram A S and BegleyLooking at Lynn Daedalus Press, 1979. Pamphlet. Used; Good. Pamphlet; English language; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; good condition; 20-page booklet. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. All international orders are sent Royal Mail airmail.

BOYLE, T Coraghessan [T C Boyle]Descent of Man. Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1979. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Publisher's complimentary copy with card laid in. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy of the author's first book.

Reich, Steve with Philip Glass, John Cale, Leroy Jenkins, and othersA WKCR benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall, April 1, 1979 (Original Poster) Carnegie Hall, New York 1979 - Original poster for a WKCR Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Cale, Leroy Jenkins, The Model Citizens, and others. April 1, 1979. Fine condition, on archival linen.In the 1970s and 1980s, Carnegie Hall--as well as forward-looking radio stations such as WKCR and WNYC--hosted a number of important performances by Steve Reich, some of which were formal debuts (e.g., "Music for 18 Musicians" in October 1978), and others that were creative combinations of important avant-garde artists (Sun Ra, John Ashbery, David van Tieghem). This particular performance brought together a stellar grouping that included classical composers (Philip Glass), art rockers (John Cale), and avant-garde jazz (Leroy Jenkins). One of a number of events produced by critic and historian Tim Page.23 x 35 inches. Rolled, on archival linen. Fine.

Madrid, Sonny (editor)LOWRIDER: ARTE DEL VARRIO - NOS.1-4 [COMPLETE] San Jose: A.T.M. Communications, Inc. / Aztlan Communications, 1979-1982. First Edition. Four folio issues (38.5-40.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32], [40], [40], [40]pp; chiefly illus. Light wear to extremities, occasional dustiness to wrappers, with a half-dozen small tears internally tape-mended; issue No.2 with dampstaining to wrappers, with some attendant staining to gutters at preliminary and terminal pages; Very Good to Near Fine. Complete run of this offspring publication produced by Lowrider, a magazine "which was launched in California's Mexican American barrios in the 1970s and continues thriving to this day on magazine racks virtually everywhere" (Candelaria, Cordelia. Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture, Vol.1, p.469). A vibrant collection of artwork from various artists, depicting vatos (homeboys), carruchas (cars), mujeres (ladies), and placasos (graffiti, sketches, tattoo flash). Four issues were produced between 1979-1982, available chiefly in Chicano neighborhoods and auto shops in San Jose and the surrounding areas, and published in much smaller numbers than its parent publication. OCLC finds 3 locations (Indiana University, Notre Dame, Texas A&M), all apparently on microform.

Douglas AdamsDouglas Adams first edition set: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Arthur Barker 1979 - Douglas Adams first edition set: 1. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Barker, London. 1979, first UK edition, first printing, with a fine dust jacket (2nd state). 2. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. Simon & Schuster, NY. 1988, first US edition, first printing. In fine condition, with original dust jacket. 3. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Heinemann, London 1987, first UK edition, first printing. In fine condition, in original price clipped dust jacket in fine condition. 4. So Long, and thanks for all the fish. Pan, London. 1984, first UK edition, first printing. In fine condition, in original dust jacket (price clipped in fine condition). Rare fine set of Douglas Adams first editions, incl. rare first edition of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dick Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A must for sci-fi rare book collectors. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Ginsberg, AllenHOWL, For Carl Solomon New York: Gotham Book Mart, circa 1979. First edition, second issue, unauthorized. no binding. Very good. 2 leaves, printed on rectos only in purple ink: [1] title, [2] dedication to Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady and Lucien Carr. The Title page signed by Allen Ginsberg, with the signature and a note by Marthe Rexroth: "I cranked the ditto master at S F State the first time around -and! was at the reading". On the verso of the title, McClure has written the lengthy note: "This first long poem of Allen's was read at the Six Gallery in San Francisco in October 1955. I was 22 years old and gave my first reading also that night. I read a poem titled FOR THE DEATHS OF 100 WHALES and other poems of nature and new consciousness. Our co-readers that night were Whalen, Snyder, & Lamantia. Kenneth Rexroth was M.C. I met Jack Kerouac that night. The group of us - minus Lamantia - read again in Berkeley, March 1956, on a rainy evening. It was a fine evening for poetry and I remember my pleasure in Allen's comic 'America'. I read mostly from a huge notebook of experimental poems of consciousness. Michael McClure." On the dedication page are the signatures of Philip Lamantia, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and an inscription by David Meltzer: "When Allen first read Kaddish in SF, I read too. I was 22." McClure, Snyder, Lamantia and Whalen read at the Six Gallery the same night Ginsberg read "Howl," and Ferlinghetti published its first trade edition through his City Lights Press in 1956. Two leaves in a frame for presentation, the McClure "essay" on the verso of the title sheet viewable through a cutout on the back of the foam mounting. The Marthe Rexroth statement with Allen Ginsberg's signature on the title page; the McClure essay on verso; Lamantia, Snyder, Whalen, Ferlinghetti have signed the dedication page, Doug Meltzer has added his brief note (and drawing) about his reading in 1956 when AG first read KADDISH. Promoted (though promotion in this case was a 100 postcards and posters at bars on North Beach including the offer of free admission, the hat passed for the wine - a "Charming event.". In the audience was Jack Kerouac who by has own account in THE DHARMA BUMS and by others was quite drunk) as "6 Poets at 6 Gallery", five poets read with Snyder reading from MYTHS & TEXTS last following AG's first reading in public of HOWL. Kenneth Rexroth was the sixth, the elder acting as m.c. Ferlinghetti the next day sent AG a telegram: " I greet you at the beginning of a great career. When do I get the manuscript?" He published in 1956, and was greeted not long after with obscenity charges from which he and his store manager ShIg Murao were acquitted in October 1957. Peter Howard of Serendipity Books, Berkeley, handled at least one complete mimeo copy with similarities to this presentation (see below). This copy bought via another dealer who bought this directly from Mr. Howard a decade or more ago. Why just the title and dedication pages is a question only the late great bookseller could answer, but clearly his hand is in the signatures added to at least one complete copy, and the addition of the Philip Lamantia signature to the present offering. Needless to say rare, and a wonderful addition to any Beat collection. This second issue was produced without Ginsberg's permission by Gotham Book Mart using the original ditto master obtained when they were appraising the poet's papers. The project was aborted, Ginsberg told according to his bibliographer that most copies were destroyed and none sold. Copies are known to exist with and without a Gotham Book Mart stamp. Without the stamp it is very difficult to distinguish it from the original. Peter Howard acquired at least four sets (17 pages each printed on one side) of unstapled, unstamped, sheets in 1995 and had them signed and in some cases inscribed. Ginsberg was given one, three other complete sets were offered for sale. The present offering (title and dedication sheets) clearly done at the same time, although The Lamantia signature is not on all the sets. The first edition in either issue is rare. The first printing of HOWL typed by Robert Creeley run off by Marthe Rexroth on a mimeograph machine at S F State was reportedly only 25 copies, and produced and sent to the friends of the poet about three months prior to the City Lights edition. It is rare: no copies located on WorldCat (although surely some are held in institutions). We know of three copies at auction. Lot 140 Christie's NYC auction of 6 Dec., 2013, with a Peter Howard provenance which consisted of 15 leaves printed on rectos only, signed or inscribed (similarly to the present copy) by Marthe Rexroth, Snyder, Ferlinghetti, Meltzer and Whalen with the McClure essay on verso (as with Berkeley copy - see below), but not Lamantia sold for $118,750. Another copy at Bonham's auction of 12 Aug. 2012, inscribed by Ginsberg only sold for $74,500, inc. premium. The Duncan copy was auctioned in 1977. The only copy located on WorldCat for the second issue (and clearly identified as such) is at California's Bancroft Library, and from the description one of the three Peter Howard copies. One of the three Howard copies is offered by Brick Row Book Shop, San Francisco for $37,500. [N.B. I am grateful to Jeff Maser for sharing his knowledge regarding the second issue of HOWL, and for sending me the useful link regarding the Brick Row Book Shop copy with a thorough description of the aborted Gotham issue and the making of the Peter Howard copies as cataloged by John Crichton.

Rivers, LarryLarry Rivers-Lincoln Center 20th Anniversary-1979 Offset Lithograph-SIGNED 1979 - "Lincoln Center 20th Anniversary" by Larry Rivers, Signed Offset Lithograph printed in 1979 from an edition size of 108. The overall size of the Offset Lithograph is 26 x 35.5 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A: Mint. Here is some supplemental information about the Offset Lithograph: Edition size of 108 signed and numbered in pencil, lower right hand side, no margins. The image was originally created by Larry Rivers to commemorate the Lincoln&#146;s Center 20th anniversary. An artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor, Larry Rivers was best known as a revolutionary, deliberately opposing the prevailing movements of the time for the thrill of challenging the status quo. In a career which spanned over 50 years, he is consistently identified as a Pop Art pioneer and one of most important artists in the figurativetradition. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

M. F. K. FisherThe Art of Eating The Macmillan Company 1979 - First printing thus, 1979 Macmillan reissue. Signed, inscribed, and dated by MFK Fisher on front end page. Hardcover in jacket. Some edge wear to jacket, with a few closed tears and some rubbing. Front jacket flap has some creasing and old sticker remains. Some foxing to page edges and end pages, light foxing around Fisher's inscription and signature. Text is clean and bright. binding strong. Solid and presentable copy in very good condition. Jacket in fresh mylar. Additional photos available upon request. The Art of Eating is a collection of Fisher's greatest works, rich with her wonderful prose and unique insight into the world. A rare title to find in signed form. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

ELDER, Frank.The Book of the Hackle. Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1979 - Limited edition number 18 of only 85 copies, large 8vo., xi, 140pp., six full-page colour plates of hackles, drawings within text and five pp. of real hackles at the end, publisher's full crimson morocco gilt, original paper-covered slip-case, a fine copy. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Carey, PeterA Rather Comprehensive Collection of the Adult Works of Australian Novelist (and Twice Booker Prize Winner) and Short Story Writer Peter Carey. 33 Volumes including All Of His Major Works Through 2010, Proofs, Advance Copies, Limited Editions - All Signed or Inscribed (Fat Man In History, War Crimes, Illywhacker, Tax Inspector, Bliss, Four Easy Pieces, A Letter To Our Son, Oscar & Lucinda, Unusual Life of Tristan Smith, etc.) Queensland, London, New York: University of Queensland Press, Faber, Alfred Knopf, Etc, Various from 1979 - 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Offered for sale as a lot are thirty three first editions of the adult writings of Australian novelist and short story writer, Peter Carey. Twice winner of the Booker Prize, thrice winner of the Miles Franklin Award and often mentioned as the possible next Nobel Prize winner from Australia. Each of the 34 books are either SIGNED or INSCRIBED. Condition is very high for all of these books with only a small handful of tiny flaws. Details of condition and publisher info will be provided to interested buyers, but in brief the titles include various first Australian, British and American editions of his books as well as his limited editions. Titles include the following: The Fat Man In History (UK first Ed.), War Crimes, Bliss, Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda, The Tax Inspector, The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith, Jack Maggs, True History of the Kelly Gang, My Life As A Fake, Wrong About Japan, Theft, His Illegal Self, A Letter To Our Son, 30 Days In Sydney, Parrot & Olivier In America, and Four Easy Pieces. Some highlights include uncommon Australian proof copies of Oscar and Lucinda and Illywacker, the signed limited editions of Four Easy Pieces and A Letter To Our Son and the Australian first edition of True History of the Kelly Gang among others. A bonus 34th title will be included with the lot. Needless to say, additional shipping charges will apply for this lot and will be quoted at cost.

West, AnthonyJohn Piper London: Secker & Warburg 1979. One of ten copies. This is copy no. 'II' of an edition limited to 'X' copies containing a unique watercolour by John Piper of 'Foliate Head' and signed by him. 224 pp. Bound in full maroon morocco with gilt lettering to spine. In a maroon cloth slipcase. Minor marks to slipcase. Top edge gilt. With 33 colour illustrations and 238 b&w illustrations. Fine condition in a VG slipcase. . Fine. Full Morocco. Limited Numbered Edition. 1979. Small 4to..

UPDIKE, JohnSixteen Sonnets Cambridge: Halty Ferguson. 1979. First. First edition. Orange cloth with printed title label. Text block fallen slightly forward, else fine. Copy letter T of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. Additionally Inscribed by Updike to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow over the next 23 years. Yellin's friendship with Updike grew with each new limited edition benefitting his already enormous Updike collection, with Updike himself contributing copies of new editions of his books - often inscribed. In a 2010 interview with Yellin he noted that Updike "...liked that if anything ever happened to his own collection, he had my collection on the opposite side of the country." A notable association. .

CLARK LarryTulsa 1979 - CLARK, Larry. Tulsa. (New York: Rapoport [Lustrum Press], 1971 [i.e. 1979]). Slim folio, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $2000.Signed limited first hardbound edition of Clark&#146;s shocking first book, boldly signed and numbered "38/400" by Clark on the title page."Clark set out in his photographs to try to tell the truth about the world and about himself" (Roth, 208). Tulsa is now a photography classic&#151; the work that established Clark&#146;s reputation, despite its limited exposure from a small print run. It documents the violent, desperate lives of "speed freaks" in the photographer&#146;s hometown, told from inside the story. Clark has innovatively collapsed the distance between the "objective observer" and his subjects. First published in 1971 by Ralph Gibson&#146;s Lustrum Press and produced with funds donated by Danny Seymour, whose own book A Loud Song was printed back-to-back with Tulsa. This is the first hardcover edition, bound by Clark in 1979 from the 1971 sheets. Roth, 208-09. Open Book, 272-73. Fine condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

Schulz, Charles M. (1922 - 2000)"It's great to be popular" - SIGNED PRINT 1979. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Large printed green and black card calendar page removed from the 1979 Peanuts Date Book, reading "It's great to be popular!", signed by Charles Schultz in black ink upper left, minor wear, small pinholes to top left and right corners, 26 x 33cm , 1979.Written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, the syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip Peanuts ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 (the day after Schulz's death), continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being", according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages.

Edward Gorey (8 volumes + German trans. vol.)The Catafalque Works Diogenes, Zurich 1979 - First thus. 9 booklets. All but one Signed by Edward Gorey, printed name crossed out, even the Slipcase is signed. Only the German translation is not signed. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Wolfgang (Bubi) Heilemann (Autor), Sabine Thomas (Autor)The Sweet. Live On Tour / At Home / Studio / Backstage [Gebundene Ausgabe] Wolfgang (Bubi) Heilemann (Autor), Sabine Thomas (Autor) The Sweet Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch Band Bravo-Leser Pop-Musik zum Band Bravo-Leser Pop-Musik zum Tanzen bubble-gum music Big Wam Bum Poppa Joe Co Co disco fox hits Teenage Rampage Ballroom Blitz Block Buster Fox on the run top hit Love is like Oxygen Brian Connolly The New Sweet Mick Tucker Steve Priest Andy Scott Bubi Heilemann Sweet waren eine Band, wie die Bravo-Leser sie liebten: Süße Bubis mit langen, gepflegten Haaren. Irre Kostüme. Jungs zum Knuddeln. Bunt, schrill, poppig. Gute Pop-Musik zum Tanzen. Synopsis: The Sweet started out with very typical basic fare - the "bubble-gum music" of the early 70s. Their songs "Big Wam Bum", "Poppa Joe" and "Co Co" became solid disco fox hits. However, these boys also managed to net the rock fans when they turned around on their style with songs such as "Teenage Rampage", "Ballroom Blitz", "Block Buster", "Fox on the run" and their top hit "Love is like Oxygen". Up to this day these are the essence of The Sweet for a great many people. Brian Connolly left the band in 1979 to start another band: The New Sweet. He died of a heart attack in 1997. The other three kept the project going for a long time. However, Mick Tucker died of leukemia in 2002. Steve Priest lives in the US, his musical output seems limited to his private needs. Only Andy Scott is still on the road, he put a new band together still called The Sweet, and he wrote a beautiful word of greeting for this volume. This is by far the largest volume ever published on The Sweet, illustrated and produced with lavish attention to detail, in a large format and in color throughout with just a few exceptions. It contains numerous photographs that have never been published before - a delight for every true fan! Bubi Heilemann provides in-depth information of his time with the band and the photo sessions. The Sweet. Live On Tour / At Home / Studio / Backstage [Gebundene Ausgabe] Wolfgang (Bubi) Heilemann (Autor), Sabine Thomas (Autor) Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch Band Bravo-Leser Pop-Musik zum Tanzen bubble-gum music Big Wam Bum Poppa Joe Co Co disco fox hits Teenage Rampage Ballroom Blitz Block Buster Fox on the run top hit Love is like Oxygen Brian Connolly The New Sweet Mick Tucker Steve Priest Andy Scott Bubi Heilemann